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  2. Mora Land Grant - Wikipedia

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    The Mora Land Grant was a 827,621 acres (3,349.26 km 2) (1,293 square miles) [1] Mexican land grant mostly in Mora County, New Mexico.The grant land extended from the Great Plains west of the town of Wagon Mound for about 40 miles (64 km) west to the crest of the Sangre de Cristo Mountains with elevations ranging from about 6,500 ft (2,000 m) on the eastern border to 12,835 ft (3,912 m) at ...

  3. Mora County, New Mexico - Wikipedia

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    Mora became a formal county in the US, in what was then the New Mexico Territory, on February 1, 1860. [3] Ecclesiastically, the county is within the Roman Catholic Archdiocese of Santa Fe . [ 3 ] County population peaked at about 14,000 circa 1920, declining to about 4,000 to 5,000 since the 1970s; the 2018 estimate was 4,506.

  4. Ocate, New Mexico - Wikipedia

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    Ocate is an unincorporated community located in Mora County, New Mexico, United States. The community is located at the junction of State Routes 442 and 120, 22.3 miles (35.9 km) west-northwest of Wagon Mound. Ocate has a post office with ZIP code 87734, which opened on January 10, 1870. [1] [3]

  5. Land grants in New Mexico and Colorado - Wikipedia

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    During the last years of Mexican rule, the New Mexican governor made several large individual grants to reward supporters and cronies, bolster possession of land on the periphery of New Mexico, and counter growing U.S. influence, including fear of invasion of New Mexico by either the U.S. or Texas which was independent from 1836 to 1845. [18]

  6. Mora, New Mexico - Wikipedia

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    Mora or Santa Gertrudis de lo de Mora is an unincorporated community and census-designated place (CDP) in Mora County, New Mexico, United States. It is the seat of Mora County. It is located about halfway between Las Vegas and Taos on Highway 518, at an altitude of 7,180 feet (2,190 m).

  7. Golondrinas, New Mexico - Wikipedia

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    Golondrinas was founded in 1835 as one of the villages in the 827,621-acre (3,349.26 km 2) Mora land grant and from 1851-1891 supplied Fort Union with produce. [1] In the center of the village is the adobe church San Acacio de las Golondrinas which was built in 1862. [2] Golondrinas has never had its own post office, but its ZIP code is 87712.

  8. List of counties in New Mexico - Wikipedia

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    Parts of Colfax County, Mora County and San Miguel County. Named for the "union" of the three counties which donated land to form the new county 3,964: 3,830 sq mi (9,920 km 2) Valencia County: 061: Los Lunas: 1852: One of the nine original counties. Named for the town of Valencia, New Mexico, which is itself named for Valencia, Spain: 79,141: ...

  9. Buena Vista, New Mexico - Wikipedia

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    Buena Vista is an unincorporated community in Mora County, New Mexico, United States. It is c located along New Mexico State Road 518, approximately 6.2 miles (10.0 km) southeast of Mora. The community has its own post office with ZIP code 87712. [1] [3]

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